The Live World: Your Bad Bunny Bowl Recap, Tours I'm Genuinely Stoked for

Each week, we track major tour announcements and live world news across ROSTR & NIF. The Live World is your weekly Thursday wrap-up of the live music biz stories you should know about. Let's take a look at this week's…

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🏟️ Bad Bunny Bowl:

Teeing up Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show were performances from Coco Jones, Green Day, Brandi Carlile & Charlie Puth (who sang a Whitney Houston-inspired arrangement of the National Anthem). Benito’s set featured performances from Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin with cameos from KAROL G, Cardi B, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba & more.

A lot of other stuff happened:

• A real couple was wed (they originally invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, he did them one better)

• His custom Zara outfit bore No. 64, a tribute to his uncle who introduced him to American football

• 500 people dressed up as grass, and got paid $18.70 / hour

Hilary Duff announced her first global headlining tour in almost 20 years. The "Lucky Me Tour" will span 47 dates and follow a Vegas residency and the release of her album Luck… Or Something on February 20th.

Sharing an album release date with Duff, rapper Baby Keem unveiled his sophomore album Ca$ino alongside EU/NA tour dates that kick off this April.

Keem's label mate Tame Impala announced a new slew of North American dates this summer in support of their newest project Deadbeat, bringing along fan favorites Djo & Dominic Fike. The team up confirmed online leaks of Ticketmaster dates for the tour before the official announcement was made today.

Rounding out tour news, Punjabi performer Diljit Dosanjh's 13-date "Aura World Tour" is set to break records such as the first Indian act to sell out stadium shows at BC Place and Rogers Centre in Canada.

The 10th annual edition of Love Rocks NYC announced its performers with Mary J. Blige, Hozier, The Goo Goo Dolls & more to take the stage this March.

Guns N' Roses will headline the bp Adelaide Grand Final (racing btw) in November.

🎟️ Festival Headlines:

• Wisconsin festival Eaux Claires announced its return after 8 years, this time with a Bon Iver-curated lineup in Dijon, Daniel Caesar, Aimee Mann, Lil Yachty, Kevin Morby, and Julianna Barwick amongst others

• J Balvin, Kali Uchis & Fuerza Regida will headline Sueños 2026

• Paris’ We Love Green dropped its lineup with Gorillaz, The xx, Addison Rae, Hayley Williams, ROLE MODEL and more set to play

• Cheltenham Jazz Festival shared its lineup of performers for its 30th anniversary including Jessie J, Van Morrison, Corinne Bailey Rae & others

❌ Cancellations:

• Neil Young cancelled all 2026 dates for his upcoming EU tour; the rock legend explained he decided to take a break, sharing “I’m sorry to let you down but this is not the time”

🔥 Check out this week's hottest tours in the gallery below: